Green v. Wilmot Mountain, Inc.

This appeal involves the trial court’s August 25, 1978, order dismissing plaintiff’s 1976 personal injury action “for want of prosecution without prejudice.” After plaintiff refiled her action pursuant to section 24 of the Limitations Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 83, par. 24a), defendant Wilmot Mountain, Inc., moved for leave to appear in the original suit and to modify the August 25 dismissal order to read “with prejudice,” so as to bar the refiled action. The court denied these motions and defendants 1 appeal. For reasons set forth, we affirm.

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